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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Earlier studies have shown that tolfenamic acid (Tol) exhibits anticancer activity in several cancer models by inhibiting tumor growth and angiogenesis. However, the chemopreventive effect of Tol on a cervical cancer model and the underlying mechanism of action are unknown. In this study, Tol was found to inhibit cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis without affecting cyclo-oxygenase 2 expression, but ampiroxicam did not. Tol decreases the specificity protein 1 (Sp1) mRNA and its promoter activity in KB cervical cancer cells, and the downregulation of Sp1 protein by affecting several proteins that contain GC-rich sites on their promoters. Studies using small interference RNA and an Sp1-specific inhibitor (mithramycin A) confirmed that the decrease in Sp1 by Tol affects survivin and p27. Tol also inhibited tumor growth and Sp1 protein in athymic nude mice xenografts. These results show that Tol could be a potent anticervical cancer drug that acts by regulating Sp1 protein and its downstream pathways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1473-5709
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Anthranilic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Sp1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21131823-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Chemopreventive effect of tolfenamic acid on KB human cervical cancer cells and tumor xenograft by downregulating specificity protein 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, BK21 Project, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't